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The Cadillac Sixteen was a prototype
Prototype

A prototype is an original type, form, or instance of something serving as a typical example, basis, or standard for other things of the same category....
 of a stylish and high performance automobile
Automobile

An automobile or motor car is a wheeled motor vehicle for transportation passengers, which also carries its own car engine or motor. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels, and to be constructed principally f...
 first presented by Cadillac
Cadillac

Cadillac is a luxury vehicle marque owned by General Motors. Cadillac vehicles are sold in over 50 countries and territories, mainly in the United States, Canada, and Mexico....
 in 2003.

The vehicle was equipped with a 32-valve V16 concept engine displacing 13.6 liters (~830 cu. in) and was mated to a four-speed electronically controlled automatic transmission. The engine featured fuel-saving Active Fuel Management
Active Fuel Management

Active Fuel Management is a trademarked name for the automobile variable displacement technology from General Motors Corporation. It allows a V6 or V8 engine to "turn off" half of the cylinders under light-load conditions to improve Fuel economy in automobiles....
 technology, much improved from its notorious ancestor
Cadillac V8 engine

Cadillac was the first automobile maker to mass produce a V8 engine. The company has produced eight generations of V8s since 1914, and today is the only General Motors Corporation division to retain its own V8 design....
, debuting in 2004 on some 2005 GM
General Motors

General Motors Corporation , founded in 1908, is the world's second-largest automaker after Toyota, ranked by 2008 global unit sales. GM was the global sales leader for 77 consecutive calendar years from 1931 to 2008....
 models.






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The Cadillac Sixteen was a prototype
Prototype

A prototype is an original type, form, or instance of something serving as a typical example, basis, or standard for other things of the same category....
 of a stylish and high performance automobile
Automobile

An automobile or motor car is a wheeled motor vehicle for transportation passengers, which also carries its own car engine or motor. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels, and to be constructed principally f...
 first presented by Cadillac
Cadillac

Cadillac is a luxury vehicle marque owned by General Motors. Cadillac vehicles are sold in over 50 countries and territories, mainly in the United States, Canada, and Mexico....
 in 2003.

The vehicle was equipped with a 32-valve V16 concept engine displacing 13.6 liters (~830 cu. in) and was mated to a four-speed electronically controlled automatic transmission. The engine featured fuel-saving Active Fuel Management
Active Fuel Management

Active Fuel Management is a trademarked name for the automobile variable displacement technology from General Motors Corporation. It allows a V6 or V8 engine to "turn off" half of the cylinders under light-load conditions to improve Fuel economy in automobiles....
 technology, much improved from its notorious ancestor
Cadillac V8 engine

Cadillac was the first automobile maker to mass produce a V8 engine. The company has produced eight generations of V8s since 1914, and today is the only General Motors Corporation division to retain its own V8 design....
, debuting in 2004 on some 2005 GM
General Motors

General Motors Corporation , founded in 1908, is the world's second-largest automaker after Toyota, ranked by 2008 global unit sales. GM was the global sales leader for 77 consecutive calendar years from 1931 to 2008....
 models. On the Sixteen, it would seamlessly shut down twelve cylinders in light driving, eight during strenuous driving, and only awaken the entire engine under full acceleration. With this ingenious system, the engine was capable of 20 mpg Imperial under normal conditions. The engine was said to produce using no form of forced induction
Forced induction

Forced induction is a term used to describe internal combustion engines that are not naturally-aspirated engine. A gas compressor is added to the air intake instead, thereby increasing the quantity of oxygen available for combustion....
.

The car was conceptually related to the Cadillac V-16
Cadillac V-16

The Cadillac V-16 was Cadillac 's top-of-the-line car from its January 1930 launch until production ceased in 1940 as the World War II killed sales....
 of the 1930s. The actual design of the car was a combination of Cadillac's current "Art and Science" design theme and 1967 Cadillac Eldorado
Cadillac Eldorado

The Eldorado model was part of the Cadillac line from 1953 to 2002. The Cadillac Eldorado was the longest running American personal luxury car as it was the only one sold after the 1998 model year....
 cues. Additional original design elements were provided by an in-house design competition led by GM Vice President Robert Lutz
Robert Lutz

Robert A. "Bob" Lutz is the Vice Chairman of Global Product Development at General Motors Corporation....
. The Sixteen has the Cadillac logo carved out of solid crystal on the steering wheel and a Bulgari
Bulgari

Bulgari is an Italy jeweler and luxury goods retailer. The name is usually written "BVLGARI" in ancient Roman style, and is derived from the surname of the company's Greeks founder, Sotirios Voulgaris ....
 clock on the dashboard.

Although the Sixteen fell short (narrowly, by some accounts) of production approval, its legacy is alive in Cadillac's future product planning. The subsequent generation of Cadillac products, particularly the revised CTS
Cadillac CTS

The CTS is a mid size luxury car made by General Motors for the Cadillac brand.It was introduced as the replacement for the Cadillac Catera in 2003....
, have incorporated elements of the Sixteen's design. A scaled-down version of the car, referred to as the ULS (Ultra Luxury Sedan) or XLS, with a standard V8 and an optional V12, has been rumored for production since 2005, and has neither been confirmed nor denied by General Motors. If built, it would compete with the Mercedes-Benz S-Class
Mercedes-Benz S-Class

The Mercedes-Benz S-Class is a series of the largest sedans produced by Mercedes-Benz, a division of Daimler AG. The S-Class, a product of nine lines of Mercedes-Benz models dating since the mid-1950s, is the world's best-selling luxury flagship sedan....
, the BMW 7-Series, the Audi A8
Audi A8

The Audi A8 is a full-size luxury vehicle built by the Germany automotive industry Audi, to replace the Audi V8 as its Flagship#Automotive. First brought to the market in 1994, most versions of the A8 have featured quattro permanent four-wheel drive as standard, as well as a multitronic or Tiptronic automatic transmission....
, and the Jaguar XJ
Jaguar XJ

The Jaguar XJ is a luxury vehicles Sedan sold under the United Kingdom Jaguar Cars marque. The XJ was launched in 1968 and has served as the Jaguar flagship model for most of its production span which continues through to today....
. Though it is unclear how much it will resemble the Sixteen, a new range-topping Cadillac is earmarked for 2010.

The Sixteen appeared in the racing video game's
Racing game

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 Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition
Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition

Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition is a racing game, video game developer by Rockstar San Diego and video game publisher by Rockstar Games, and is the third game in the Midnight Club series....
, Project Gotham Racing 3
Project Gotham Racing 3

Project Gotham Racing 3 is an arcade-style racing game that was released with the launch of the Xbox 360 on November 22 2005 for the US market and December 2 2005 in Europe, and was released on January 12 2006 in Japan....
, Project Gotham Racing 4
Project Gotham Racing 4

Project Gotham Racing 4 is the fourth title in the main Project Gotham Racing series, developed by Bizarre Creations and published by Microsoft Game Studios....
, appeared in Test Drive Unlimited
Test Drive Unlimited

Test Drive Unlimited is an racing game, the 9th game of the series that features over 125 licensed sports cars and motorcycles and a terrain modeled after the Hawaiian island of Oahu that features some 1000 miles of roads and highways....
 as a DLC car, and was featured on Top Gear
Top Gear (current format)

Top Gear is a BAFTA, multi-National Television Awards and International Emmy Award-winning BBC television series about motor vehicles, primarily automobile....
 in series 2, episode 10
Top Gear (series 2)

The second series of the television series Top Gear aired in the United Kingdom on May 11 2003 and concluded on July 20 2003 with 10 episodes....
. It appeared in Click (film)
Click (film)

Click is a 2006 in film fantasy film-Comedy-drama film directed by Frank Coraci and written by Steve Koren and Mark O'Keefe. Click tells the story of Michael Newman , an overworked architect so wrapped up in his job because of his boss John Ammer that his family is forced to take the backseat....
 in a 2016 scene when Michael (Adam Sandler) is returning home and was also featured on an season 1 episode of Ride with Funkmaster Flex
Ride with Funkmaster Flex

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